Unit 05 Computers, Society and Law

Unit Aims

The aim of this unit is to develop learners’ ability to deal with work related IT issues that apply beyond the immediate tasks of the Information Technology practitioner, ie ethical, legal and societal considerations. Formal legal requirements and responsibilities of the profession are included, as are the relevant professional codes of conduct. 

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Scenario 

You have attended an Ethical Hacker forum as a student of OTHM and learnt that as an Information Technology practitioner you have to make a number of ethical, legal and societal judgements.

All OTHM students are expected to have a good knowledge of how they can positively contribute to the society. Your tutor will assign you the following tasks that will focus on making you a well-informed IT practitioner.   

Task 1 of 2 – Written Report 

You are tasked with producing a written report which includes:

Instructions

1. An analysis types of conflicts of interest for IT professionals.
2. A critical evaluation of various ethical issues for IT professionals.
3. A clear identification of ethical issue(s) within an IT organisation of your choice and recommend solutions for the organisation.

                                                                                                    (LO1, AC1.1, 1.2, 1.3)

4. A critical evaluation of the implications of legislation for IT activities.
5. A critical evaluation of the impact of related legislation on the IT sector.

                                                                                                    (LO2, AC 2.1, 2.2)

6. Defining the main categories of cybercrime.
7. A critical evaluation of the major categories of cybercrime

                                                                                                    (LO3, AC 3.1, 3.2)

8. A evaluation of various risk assessment procedures. 
1. A summary of the BS ISO 31000:2009 risk management principles and guidelines.
10. A description of how IT security can be aligned with organisational policy.

                                                                                               (LO4, AC4.1, 4.2, 4.3)

Delivery and Submission

? 1x Word file (circa 2200 words excluding TOC, diagrams, references and appendices) 

Task 2 of 2 – Policy document 

You are commissioned by the organisation you selected in Task 1 (c) to prepare a policy document. 

Instructions

Your document will consist of two parts. 

1. Design an IT security policy for your chosen organisation.
2. Implement your IT security policy in your chosen organisation.

(Note: this is a practical task. Theoretical and imaginary answer is not acceptable for this task)

Delivery and Submission

? 1x Word file (circa 800 words excluding TOC, diagrams, references and appendices)